false 14847463 886030 83518 0143037889 9780143037880 149 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171046144m/83518.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171046144s/83518.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/83518.The_Singularity_Is_Near_When_Humans_Transcend_Biology 3.88 615 The Age of Spiritual Machines, he argued that computers would soon rival the full range of human intelligence at its best. Now he examines the next step in this inexorable evolutionary process: the union of human and machine, in which the knowledge and skills embedded in our brains will be combined with the vastly greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of our creations.]]> 47744 3.90 1357 263 2005 5 0 false Thu Feb 07 14:06:26 -0800 2008 Thu Feb 07 14:06:26 -0800 2008